City government · Hancock County, ME

Ellsworth's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Ellsworth took in $57.1 million and spent $29.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money47%City taxes40%Fees for services (sewer, water)8.1%County and local tax money5.0%

What stands out

47%

of Ellsworth's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

City taxes40%

Property tax

40%$22.6 million

Fees for services8.1%

Fees for services

8.1%$4.7 million

What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 6 more

Sewer$2.4 million
Water$1.2 million
Other service charges$679 thousand
Garbage collection$180 thousand
School tuition and transportation$98 thousand
Ports and waterways$84 thousand
School lunches$44 thousand
Other school charges$24 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government

<0.1%$16 thousand

State tax money47%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state

47%$27.0 million

County and local tax money5.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

5.0%$2.9 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges95%Running the government and other costs2.6%Interest on debt2.4%Roads, transit and parking0.2%

What stands out

95%

of Ellsworth's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

95%$27.9 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$27.9 million

Running the government and other costs

2.6%$768 thousand

What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and other government-run businesses

Finance, tax collection and budgeting$746 thousand
Other government-run businesses$22 thousand

Interest on debt

2.4%$707 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

0.2%$46 thousand

What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports

Airports$46 thousand

Sent to other local governments

<0.1%$14 thousand

What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government

Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$13 thousand
Sent to the state government$1 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Ellsworth. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of City of Ellsworth itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.